Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crock \Crock\ (kr[o^]k), n. [Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit
covered.]
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on
pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring
matter which rubs off from cloth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crock \Crock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crocked} (kr[o^]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Crocking}.]
To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter
of badly dyed cloth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crock \Crock\, v. i.
To give off crock or smut.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crock \Crock\, n.
A low stool. ``I . . . seated her upon a little crock.''
--Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crock \Crock\ (kr?k), n. [AS. croc, croca, crog, croh; akin to
D. kruik, G. krug, Icel. krukka, Dan. krukke, Sw. kruka; but
cf. W. crwc bucket, pail, crochan pot, cregen earthen vessel,
jar. Cf. {Cruet}.]
Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an
earthen pot or pitcher.
Like foolish flies about an honey crock. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crock \Crock\, v. t.
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crock
n : an earthen jar (made of baked clay) [syn: {earthenware jar}]
v 1: release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
2: soil with soot
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.